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Mar 22, 2024 · The existence of nuns within genre cinema is far from unusual. Religious belief exists as a symptom of fear as we are aware our lives are vulnerable and chaotic, with religion bringing answers to...
In this video, we dive into the captivating aspects of films featuring nuns, from their thought-provoking themes to their intriguing characters. Join me as w...
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Dec 21, 2021 · From horror films, like 2018's The Nun to the nunsploitation films of the '70s, Hollywood has a habit of depicting the lives of nuns on the big screen. For more on this, I spoke with Alissa Wilkinson, film critic and culture reporter at Vox, and asked her why we're so obsessed with nuns, pop-culturally speaking.
Mar 21, 2024 · The best movies and TV shows about nuns: 'Immaculate,' 'Sister Act,' 'Doubt,' 'Black Narcissus,' 'Benedetta,' and more.
- ‘Flowers of St. Francis’
- Other Films About St. Francis
- Other Films About Monks
- The Meaning of Monks
Roberto Rossellini’s “Flowers of St. Francis” is one of a few biopics about the stripped saint of Assisi. Rossellini’s film is set apart from the rest by several characteristics, all of which push the film further from Hollywood conventions. Most of the actors are real Franciscans, including the man who plays St. Francis himself. The friar who play...
The other two Francis biopics I watched speak to my own spirituality less, but they have strengths Rossellini’s masterpiece lacks. Franco Zeffirelli’s “Brother Sun, Sister Moon”(1972) provided a generation of Catholics with a template for their faith: anti-authoritarian, nature-loving, youthful and idealistic. I mentioned the movie to a friend, and...
“Dos Monjes (Two Monks)” is a 1934 melodrama from the Mexican director Juan Bustillo Oro, preserved and highlighted by Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project. Two men vie for the love of one woman, but when Javier catches Ana in Juan’s arms, somebody shoots—and Ana, coming between the two men, dies instead of the intended target. Both men then beco...
Perhaps there are fewer movies about monks and friars because there are fewer of them. The Vatican’s numbers for 2019 give 630,099 women religious and 414,336 priests, versus just 50,295 religious brothers. Tim Markatos, an Orthodox Christian film critic, suggests that filmmakers may also be limited by the material available to them: “Taking a quic...
Dec 7, 2021 · Some of them, like the original Black Narcissus in 1947 and The Sound of Music in 1965, are among cinema’s most celebrated. And in the 1970s, the genre of “nunsploitation” — to which ...
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1 day ago · October 24, 2024 1:30 pm. Isabella Rossellini attends the 'Conclave' New York premiere on October 23, 2024 in New York City. Getty Images. The great actress Isabella Rossellini was the face of ...
